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Books Bella Donna: Cat Magic, Too Many Spells, Harriet Dancing, Mondays at Monster School, Little Rex - Big Brother | ||
1 Cruzada Cristiana una historia de Discipulado - M. Ruth Symes
Ruth Symes is the author of children's books and TV scripts including several episodes of Channel 4 / Jim Henson Company's series for pre-school children The Hoobs, and award-winning animation series PicMe. She has also worked with Channel 4 as the Writing Coach and Write a Children's Short Story competition Judge on the Richard & Judy show. One of her books Mondays at Monster School (Orion, 2005) was read on BBC television by Jenny Seagrove as part of the bedtime story hour.
Contents
- 1 Cruzada Cristiana una historia de Discipulado M Ruth Symes
- Antonio Corts y Ruth Symes en FuegoParaMiNacin
- Biography
- Novels
- Picture books
- Young readers
- Radio
- Writing as Megan Rix
- References
Ruth Symes also writes for both adults and children under the pseudonym Megan Rix, with eight middle grade novels published by Puffin Books, and a Sunday Times bestselling adult memoir published by Penguin's Michael Joseph imprint.
Antonio Cortés y Ruth Symes en #FuegoParaMiNación
Biography
Raised in Enfield where she attended the Bishop Stopford's School at Enfield, Ruth Symes initially taught children with special needs before becoming an author. Her first novel was the Carnegie Medal-nominated The Master of Secrets published in 1999.
Before turning to writing professionally Ruth had a variety of jobs including teaching children with severe learning challenges – both in the UK and Singapore - where she was actively involved with the South East Asian Special Olympics.
Other jobs have included instructing aerobics, acting in a Chinese soap opera and playing the part of Jill Goose in the pantomime Mother Goose.
In 2006 she moved to Kempston with her husband Eric Wainwright.